I went to the Ferraris on Colorado Blvd. event in Pasadena No 400 convertibles. Not even a 365GT4 convertible, the carburetored predecessor. I don't see them anywhere. Nobody seems to be dolling them up for show or even use at Ferrari events. What is the consensus of opinion on whether these cut four seater soft tops are going up, down or sideways in value? I realize some were cut by people who had no business cutting them but I think Straman did a fine job. I also drove one of the several cut by Sheldon Brooks for a whole day. No rattles, everything worked nice. Or will they always live in limbo because they weren't blessed by Ferrari (in spite of Ferrari making, and selling, two prototypes)
Hahaha, so in thread was this originally posted? As far as cut cars, I just don't think people value them as much.....any cut car really be it a BB, a GTC, or even god forbid a Daytona.
Hi Bitzman, interesting question... I also think that quite a few cars where cut up by people that just wanted to make a quick profit. Unfortunately, these cars often look horrible even from far away with their non-fitting softtops on huge rear decks. And maybe some owners just don't want to be sniffed at at car shows... Regarding value, I would guess these kind of cars stay rather flat when "normal" 365/400 go up since no one goes for such a butched car any more. Then again, I might also be biased since I have a 400i convertible (5-speed) by Pavesi. It is really obvious that a lot of care, knowledge and time was invested to create these open top 400s. Ferrari even mentions the Pavesi 400 Convertible on their website (history of Ferrari 400). I would guess these cars - which were only built in period - would go up as well, since there are just not many around and I do not know another way of driving an open top Ferrari V12 below 300k €. I will try to get the Ferrari Classiche "Vehicle of Historical Interest" for it next year, lets see if Ferrari agrees on its historical value ;-) Anyway, I am not selling mine and always enjoy the unique feeling of driving a well-converted "big" Ferrari.
